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Is there enough head room?

picture?

post pics?

The screen is missing from my pump. But I did put a fram filter after the tank. I swap it out every spring.

perhaps you're injectors are not firing. check the connections with a meter??? I read somewhere here about using a christmas light bulb to test.

Nice!

very nice!

Yes that is repairable but check for rust. to pull out the dents I would weld a block on it and use a slide hammer, a little hammer and dolly work and heat shrinking. It should be fine. or you could cut out and weld in a strait piece but I think straiting the original would work out better.

You're trouble seems different than mine but you do have the same car and you're symptoms seem similar. Perhaps you're vacuum leak is from a bad manifold gasket??

Hard to describe. sort of sweet sort of plastic burning. but not coolant. Anyhow the smoke has burned off. The car sounds totally different now, and runs way smoother. I am thinking valve adjustment next

Thant's just bizarre.

How well does it erase? I love it.

Hmmm. I am thinking this was the massive amount of PB blaster I soaked the studs with burning off. By the time I was finished removing the exhaust manifold it was coated in the stuff. Anyone else have a similar experience?

Ok, so everything is back together. I fired up the engine and it ran great. Sounded better than before. But as the engine gets hot smoke starts poring out of the engine compartment. "I don't think this is an exhaust leak as I see nothing until the engine gets hot. it will continue to smoke till the engine cools down. I am scared.

fast woman, What type permatex sealant did you use? my new gasket is a fel-pro. Looks sort of cheazy, paper bonded to metal.

No need to wash or wax, just erase! But really out of all the cheap paint jobs I think I like this one the best.

I got the manifolds removed today. The bolds and nuts seemed to easy to remove like they were not torqued down at all. the old gasket was in pretty bad shape, it looked as though someone in the past had removed the manifolds and reused the gasket damaging it in the process and there was a piece missing from cylinder one's exhaust. This makes me happy in a way as I feel I am doing this for a cause instead of a hunch.

The four top bolts are accessible. most remaining are not. The intake manifold on a 280z shares some bolts/studs with the exhaust manifold. I have stopped being a baby and managed to remove to heat shield. There was no mention of this problem in my search on this sight or elsewhere. So if anyone else runs into this dilemma I have a few tips. first remove any component you have to first, such as the PVC tube, the AFM and boot etc. Second the heat shield is in two parts (my stupid). if you can, remove the lower heat shield first (rusty phillips machine screws). and finally take your time, use bad language, don't think about barking you're knuckles or scratching you're forearms raw for four 12 mm bolts (use a wrench, sockie no fit).

No way.

I think this is more difficult as my Z is fuel injected and there is no way to get at the heatshield bolts. :angry: I was thinking of using copper spray, still thinking....

Thanks fastwoman, I am familiar with tapping holes in steel and aluminium. We use Kroil at work, Great stuff but it seems a can stops dispensing after 1/4 use. I don't know why. So now I am getting ready and I am F%&%&CKing stuck. the @$#%#!$% heat shield is in the way and it appears to be bolted to the underside of the intake. Any suggestions? my hands are not large but I can only just get them in far enough to touch the bolts.

Just a thought, could it be a bad water temp sensor or connection? this will affect the mixture. You might be compensating for it with the spring adjustment. I see you replaced yours but you could still check it with a meter. Also have you checked the AFM flap to see if it is sticking? I am just suggesting these because they are problems I have run into. edit.. The more I reread youre post and think about it it seems the problem is the AFM. "often in the rundown from vigorous acceleration, or on the way up in moderate acceleration, the accelerator feels "clunky" for a moment before clearing up." this sounds like a sticky flap. I could be way off, but it makes sense to me.

Does you're car have the ac dash-pot thing that is actuated by vacuum? it should increase the throttle.

If it is a 280z dash, it is worthless. I will dispose of it for free + shipping.

I see three guys and the legs of one of those grey aliens.